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turner¹
- /ˈtɝ.nɚ/ US
- /ˈtɜː.nə(ɹ)/ UK
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English turner, torner, tornere, turnere, turnare, equivalent to turn + -er. Also from Middle English turnour, tornour, tournour, turnoure, from Old French tornour, tourneour, tourneur, tornëor (“one who fashions something by turning”).
noun turners
- One who or that which turns. Everyone kept turning around and craning their necks to look at the gaps, and Miss Griffin gave all the turners and craners paralyzing stares whenever she caught their eye.
- A person who turns and shapes wood etc. on a lathe.
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A kitchen utensil used for turning food.
Similar: fish slice, spatula
- A variety of pigeon; a tumbler.
- A very dry pitch on which the ball will turn with ease.
turner²
- /ˈtɝ.nɚ/ US
- /ˈtɜː.nə(ɹ)/ UK
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From German Turner (“gymnast”).
noun turners
- An acrobat or gymnast, especially (historical) a member of the German Turnvereine, German-American gymnastic clubs that also served as nationalist political groups.
turner³
- /ˈtɝ.nɚ/ US
- /ˈtɜː.nə(ɹ)/ UK
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)
noun turners
- An old Scottish copper coin worth two pence, issued by King James VI.
Turner⁴
- /ˈtɝ.nɚ/ US
- /ˈtɜː.nə(ɹ)/ UK
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English Turner, Turnur, Turnure, Turnour, from Middle English turner, turnare, tornere, an occupational surname for a turner or tumbler.
proper noun Turners
- An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation.
- A male given name.
- A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
- An unincorporated community in Mississippi County, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Arkansas.
- Former name of Tuttle, California.
- An unincorporated community in Clay County, Indiana.
- A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Kansas.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Androscoggin County, Maine.
- A township and village therein, in Arenac County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Blaine County, Montana.
- A city in Marion County, Oregon.
- An unincorporated community in Columbia County, Washington.
- An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
- Other townships in Minnesota, Oklahoma (2) and South Dakota.
- Ellipsis of Turner Township
- Ellipsis of Turner County
noun Turners
- A person who has Turner syndrome. […] and that the chromatin-negative Turners are XO with 45 chromosomes.
- Alternative form of turner (“member of German-American nationalist gymnastic clubs”).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: food turner, tuner, parsonage, warwick, hampden, leblanc, latour, czerny, metalworker, toolmaker, spinner, twister, machinist, woodturner, tumbler, acrobat
Translations
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noun person working a lathe
| Español | tornero, torneador |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 선반공 seonban'gong |
| 日本語 | 旋盤工 senbankō |
| 中文 | 車工 /车工 chēgōng |
| हिन्दी | ख़रादी xarādī |
| Português | torneiro, torneador |
| Français | tourneur, tourneuse, décolleteur, décolleteuse |
| Deutsch | Drechsler, Drechslerin, Dreher, Dreherin |
| Italiano | tornitore |
| Ελληνικά | τορναδόρος tornadóros |
| Română | strungar, strungăriță |
| Русский | то́карь tókarʹ |
| العربية | خَرَّاط ḵarrāṭ |
noun kitchen utensil
| Italiano | paletta |
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Talk about this word "turner." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/turner. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. turner. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/turner "turner." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/turner.Cite this
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title = {turner},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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